Normal Topic CBP Polygraph Failure (Read 11959 times)
Paste Member Name in Quick Reply Box Anthony
Guest


CBP Polygraph Failure
Jan 10th, 2019 at 7:15pm
Mark & QuoteQuote Print Post  
Back in 2017 I was in process to become a Customs and Border Protection Officer. I passed the examination, background check, physical agilities portion, and drug test. I received a call from the Polygraph Examiner for the appointment. I sat in a small office, strapped into a chair like a criminal, and bombarded with questions for hours, while having a blood pressure cuff cutting out the circulation to my arm. If someone tunes out their arm going numb and getting the questions right, hats off to you. The result of the exam is that I failed without anything explanation. After the bad news the Polygraph Administrator was talking like a "friend" and stated if you have any additional information you could write it down and choose something from a list. Apparently I did a serious crime or something. I've never In my lifetime done a serious crime to be failed like that. No wonder over 60% of the applicants fail. How is an agency going to hire 5,000 qualified officers with this pathetic waste of time. In 2010 this came into the process, yet for the first 8 years of the agency it wasn't in sight. So for this I thank Barack Obama and the stupid administration circus he ran. Eliminating corruption I understand and the agency doesn't want people to be paid off from the cartels, or accept any type of bribes but if someone doesn't have anything in there background that indicated anything negative, works in a job that demands security, trustworthiness and privacy which would be a solid indication of a "qualified candidate". In my opinion, I would of made a great employee. That process was probably the worst thing I've ever encountered in my life. 
  
Back to top
 
IP Logged
 
Paste Member Name in Quick Reply Box quickfix
Especially Senior User
*****
Offline



Posts: 371
Joined: Jan 15th, 2006
Re: CBP Polygraph Failure
Reply #1 - Jan 10th, 2019 at 8:04pm
Mark & QuoteQuote Print Post  
boo-hoo, the office was small;  boo-hoo they strapped me in a chair;  boo-hoo they bombarded me with questions;  boo-hoo, my arm hurt.

The best thing to happen was your failing.  CBP does not need whining, sniveling toads.
  
Back to top
 
IP Logged
 
Paste Member Name in Quick Reply Box George W. Maschke
Global Moderator
*****
Offline


Make-believe science yields
make-believe security.

Posts: 6232
Joined: Sep 29th, 2000
Re: CBP Polygraph Failure
Reply #2 - Jan 11th, 2019 at 10:03pm
Mark & QuoteQuote Print Post  
Anthony,

Thanks for sharing your polygraph experience. What happened to you has happened to many other well-qualified, honest applicants for employment with CBP and other federal agencies.

The discomfort you felt from the blood pressure cuff is common, and in fact, polygraph operators sometimes deliberately overinflate the cuff to cause pain. A training document leaked to AntiPolygraph.org mentions doing precisely this as a way of punishing examinees who breath more slowly than the operator would like:



We will be addressing this abusive practice in the next edition of The Lie Behind the Lie Detector and hope to see it discontinued by all federal agencies without delay.

As you note, CBP's misplaced reliance on polygraph screening, which is regrettably mandated by federal law, is preventing it from reaching its recruitment goals. But it provides steady work for the charlatans who give the "tests." Note that many of CBP's polygraph operators are retired federal employees supplementing their pensions with contract work. The longer the interrogations go, and the more the applicants who "fail," necessitating more "testing," the more work there is to go around for them.
  

George W. Maschke
I am generally available in the chat room from 3 AM to 3 PM Eastern time.
Tel/SMS: 1-202-810-2105 (Please use Signal Private Messenger or WhatsApp to text or call.)
E-mail/iMessage/FaceTime: antipolygraph.org@protonmail.com
Wire: @ap_org
Threema: A4PYDD5S
Personal Statement: "Too Hot of a Potato"
Back to top
IP Logged
 
Paste Member Name in Quick Reply Box PolyGraphsRbs
Guest


Re: CBP Polygraph Failure
Reply #3 - Aug 31st, 2019 at 10:56pm
Mark & QuoteQuote Print Post  
quickfix wrote on Jan 10th, 2019 at 8:04pm:
boo-hoo, the office was small;  boo-hoo they strapped me in a chair;  boo-hoo they bombarded me with questions;  boo-hoo, my arm hurt.

The best thing to happen was your failing.  CBP does not need whining, sniveling toads.

I take you must be the examiner you spineless little twat? Those tests are BS the guy is questioning why he failed ..and boo-hoo you douchebag ..try failing for a Job to get you out of the hole then have it effect other Jobs requiring this test .. You brainless dolt!
  
Back to top
 
IP Logged
 
Paste Member Name in Quick Reply Box Animal
Guest


Re: CBP Polygraph Failure
Reply #4 - Sep 5th, 2019 at 3:49pm
Mark & QuoteQuote Print Post  
Be careful, you don't want to drop a quarter into quickfix.
  
Back to top
 
IP Logged
 
CBP Polygraph Failure

Please type the characters that appear in the image. The characters must be typed in the same order, and they are case-sensitive.
Open Preview Preview

You can resize the textbox by dragging the right or bottom border.
Insert Hyperlink Insert FTP Link Insert Image Insert E-mail Insert Media Insert Table Insert Table Row Insert Table Column Insert Horizontal Rule Insert Teletype Insert Code Insert Quote Edited Superscript Subscript Insert List /me - my name Insert Marquee Insert Timestamp No Parse
Bold Italicized Underline Insert Strikethrough Highlight
                       
Change Text Color
Insert Preformatted Text Left Align Centered Right Align
resize_wb
resize_hb







Max 200000 characters. Remaining characters:
Text size: pt
More Smilies
View All Smilies
Collapse additional features Collapse/Expand additional features Smiley Wink Cheesy Grin Angry Sad Shocked Cool Huh Roll Eyes Tongue Embarrassed Lips Sealed Undecided Kiss Cry
Attachments More Attachments Allowed file types: txt doc docx ics psd pdf bmp jpe jpg jpeg gif png swf zip rar tar gz 7z odt ods mp3 mp4 wav avi mov 3gp html maff pgp gpg
Maximum Attachment size: 500000 KB
Attachment 1:
X